Dominant discourses about race/ethnicity and gender in sport practice and performance

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-321

  Van Sterkenburg, Jacco ^a   Knoppers, Annelies ^b  

^a WJH Mulier Instituut   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

discourse; gender; race ethnicity; sport media

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944437660     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690204045598     Document Type: Article

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